The use of biomass as a source of energy has become a practical and reliable way to provide electricity, heat and hot water over the last decade in many European countries and in some Canadian provinces. Biomass sources include both, food and non-food crop residues, grassy and woody plants, residues from agriculture or forestry, organic components of municipal and industrial wastes and animal waste such as cow manure and chicken litter. Fundamentally, biomass is stored solar energy that can be converted to electricity or fuel.
Prairie Bio-Energy has developed and applied for patents for its unique bio-mass fuel product. Essentially a densified cube made up of a blend of agricultural crop residues and non-hazardous industrial processing wastes such as box-board, scrap paper and recycled wood called Prairie Bio-Cubes® (Patents & Trademark pending).Prairie Bio-Cubes® are considered CO
2 neutral since their combustion recycles present day carbon dioxide to the atmosphere that is in turn sequestered during the growth of the Biomass used to produce them.Fossil fuels by comparison release CO
2 that was removed from the atmosphere and trapped in the earth millions of years ago.This one simple fact means Prairie Bio-Cubes® do not contribute to the overall amount of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases currently being released into the atmosphere.
For the agricultural sector, Prairie Bio-Cubes® can provide a partial solution to the botanical residue associated with cereal grain and oilseed production. In many instances the harvesting of these residues has resulted in substantial savings to the ag-producer in fertilization and cultivation costs.
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